Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 277 Retreat
"Okay! That's it for today. Everyone go back and prepare. Tomorrow the army will leave here. You, Shaoyu, will choose the [-] elite soldiers who raided Karasuma." Li Song said.

"Promise!" All the generals clasped their fists in a salute, said in acceptance, turned and left, each went to prepare, while Xiang Yu and Li Cunxiao went to select soldiers and horses.

The next morning, the air was fresh and the sky was clear. Li Song dressed neatly and went out of the camp. Looking at the assembled army in the camp, he said to Xu Chu beside him, "Zhongkang! Order someone to erect a warning sign beside the Binhai Road , it says that due to the heavy rain, the road is impassable now, and I think God will not let our army wipe out Karasuma, so we withdraw our army, and in the coming year, I will definitely lead the army to wipe out Karasuma.”

"Ah! Prime Minister, the Hulu will know the whereabouts of our army." Xu Chu was shocked!
"It is to attract all the Hulu's eyes to us, so that Shaoyu's side will be safer. They will never know that our army is divided into two groups. Our here is just a fake, and the purpose is to cover up the [-] soldiers. Elite soldiers raid Liucheng, go! Do as I say." Li Song said.

"No!" Xu Chu clasped his fists in a salute, took the order, and led people to set up a warning sign on the edge of the Binhai Road, according to Li Song's instructions, and then went back to report to Li Song. Li Song then boarded the car and led the army leave.

Not long after Li Songjun left, a cavalry squad of about eleven people suddenly appeared at the warning sign beside the Binhai Road.

Judging from their clothes, they were Karasuma’s cavalry squad. The captain said to a nearby cavalryman (in Karasuma language): “Ah Li! Go and see! What exactly did the Han people put here?”

Ever since Li Song led the army to Wuzu, Karasuma's rangers have often come to investigate the situation here. Today, as in the past, they came here to investigate, but found a large piece of wood beside the Binhai Road.

The Karasuma cavalryman who was called Ah Li nodded, rode his horse to the warning sign, looked at it for a while, turned his horse's head, returned to the captain, and saluted: "My lord! It's a wooden tablet with There are characters, but I can’t read Chinese characters, and I don’t know what’s written on them.”

The captain frowned, he didn't know Chinese characters either!None of these people know Chinese characters, "What should I do now?"

"My lord! Why don't you let the Han people accompanying the team take a look." A Li said, in order to investigate better, Tadun got some Han people who can speak Karasuma dialect from Yuan Shang, and followed them to investigate together.

"Okay! Tell the Han people behind to look at it immediately. What is written on it?" After the captain said, a cavalryman galloped away, looking for the Han guide who was following behind.

The Karasuma cavalry went and returned quickly, and brought the Han guide to the captain in a blink of an eye. The Han said in unfamiliar Karasuma, "My lord, what do you want me to do?"

Holding the horsewhip in his hand, the captain pointed to the wooden sign and said, "Go and help me see what is written on it."

The Chinese guide bowed his hands, and Captain Karasuma waved his hand impatiently, before he went to the wooden sign to check, and then told Captain Karasuma what was on it.

"What you said is true? Did you lie to me?" Captain Karasuma asked in disbelief.

"My lord, how dare a young man lie to an adult, it's absolutely true, that's what's written on it," said the Han guide.

"A Li, Hu Wu, Xie Li and you go and see if the Han army has left." Captain Karasuma said.

"Yes, my lord, let's go right away!" The three responded, and rode their horses to inquire, and after a stick of incense, the three came back.

"What's the situation? Has the Han army really left?" Seeing the three returning, Captain Karasuma hastily greeted them and said.

"Yes, my lord. We went to check the place where the Han army camped. There was no one there. Judging from their tracks, they were heading towards Jizhou," Ah Li said.

Captain Karasuma was overjoyed when he heard that, the Han army had finally retreated, so he had to go back and report this matter to Shan Yu immediately.

"Go! Go back and report the situation to Shan Yu!" Captain Karasuma took them back to Liucheng and reported the news of the enemy's retreat to their Shan Yu Tadun.

In Liucheng, Tadun was sitting on a chair cushioned by tiger skin, holding a roast leg of lamb in his hand, and was feasting on it, his mouth was full of oil.

Looking at Yuan Shang on the right who was eating and drinking in a leisurely manner, he couldn't understand his manner in his heart. He was kicked out like a bereaved dog, and he didn't forget to put on his noble posture. If Yuan Shang was not needed, he would have So he dealt with this ignorant guy secretly.

Yuan Shang also looked at Tadun from time to time. He was very disgusted with Tadun's vulgar behavior of eating with his hands. If he didn't need to rely on Karasuma to regain his homeland for him, how could he tolerate these barbarians dangling in front of his eyes.

After regaining their homeland, it would not be too late to deal with these barbarians, Yuan Shang said with disdain in his heart, Yuan Shang and Ta Dun had evil plans in their hearts, they wanted to use each other up and destroy each other.

"Report!" Suddenly there was a report from outside, and a Karasuma man quickly entered, knelt down on one knee, put his hand on his chest, and saluted, "Report to Shanyu, the enemy has retreated."

"What? Say it again!" Ta Dun yelled, in disbelief, he threw away the mutton leg that was gnawed in his hand, and wiped his hands on his body. Yuan Shang hated Ta Dun even more.

"The team that went to investigate the enemy's situation came back and reported that they found traces of the enemy's evacuation, and they also put up a sign beside the coastal road." The man said.

"Has this been confirmed? Could it be the enemy's trick, where is Su Dingfang and the others?" Yuan Shang asked. After dealing with Karasuma for so long, Yuan Shang has been able to speak Karasuma fluently.

The man didn't answer immediately, but looked at Tadun. Tadun was very satisfied with his attitude, and nodded his head, saying that this was naturally in Yuan Shang's eyes, but he was not annoyed at all. After all, this is Karasuma's stronghold. , the one in front of him is not his own subordinates.

"After repeated confirmation, the enemy army has indeed retreated. It should be in Guangyang County now. Su Dingfang and others are still defending at the front line." The man said.

Hearing this, the two of them can basically confirm that this is the truth. Su Dingfang and others were originally dealing with them, and now they have returned to the original position to defend. This is the other party preventing our invasion, but is it useful?
Ta Dun and Yuan Shang looked at each other, smiled knowingly, and turned their heads with serious and gradual disgust.Ta Dun waved the man back.

After exiting Wuzhong County, in order to prevent Karasuma from finding out that something was wrong, Li Songjun did not stop here, and continued on his way until he left Guangyang County before stopping, waiting for news of the victory of Xiang Yu's assault army.

After leaving Wuzhong County, they separated from the army, and the [-] strong army led by Xiang Yu and others came to Xuwu Mountain under the guidance of the guide Tian Chou.

(End of this chapter)